War in Ukraine

Escape rooms and dining in the dark are among the ways the country is trying to keep customers happy while power remains unreliable.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking a tightrope between defending Ukrainian interests and showing President Donald Trump he is willing to compromise, even as Moscow shows no sign of budging on its demands.

The elections could be held in the next 60 to 90 days if security is guaranteed and parliament enables the vote to occur during martial law.

Some of the American strategy "is unacceptable for us from the European point of view," Friedrich Merz said.

In a wide-ranging interview, the president also said Russia has the upper hand in negotiations over its war with Ukraine and called European leaders "weak."

Seven months after the Ukrainian leader's iconic Vatican photo with Trump, peace with Russia still seems like a distant prospect.

The comments came after Trump said he was "a little bit disappointed" that Ukraine's president hadn't read his peace proposal.

Europeans are feeling "genuine fear and distrust regarding the United States," former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves told NBC News.

Putin said his five-hour talks with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner were “useful” but also “difficult work.”

NATO chief appeared to downplay the rare absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio at what is meant to be a gathering of allies at a key moment in the U.S.-led pefforts.

Putin meets Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for five hours with no breakthrough, but Kremlin calls the talks "useful."